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ESA Proba-2 Spacecraft To Validate More New Technologies
Paris, France (SPX) May 31, 2006Proba-2, currently under development and due for launch in September 2007, is the second in ESA's series of small, low-cost satellites intended to validate new spacecraft technologies while also carrying scientific instruments. The Proba satellites are part of ESA's In-Orbit Technology Demonstration Program, funded through the General Support Technology Program. A Voyage To The Edge Of Sol 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 31, 2006As the 28-year-old Voyagers 1 and 2 spacecraft approach the edge of interstellar space, they have found that the heliosphere, the "bubble" within which the sun dominates, bulges outward in the northern hemisphere and is pressed inward in the south. Titan Ringed 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 31, 2006The Cassini spacecraft captured this view of Saturn's largest moon, Titan (5,150 kilometers, or 3,200 miles across) looking out from slightly beneath the giant planet's ringplane. |
Opportunity Gets Dug Into Loose Soil Again
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 31, 2006Opportunity's wheels dug into loose soil during a drive on sol 833 (May 29, 2006). The drive was planned for about 24 meters (79 feet) but resulted in only 1.5 meters (5 feet) of forward progress. The flight team directed Opportunity on sol 834 to take images for studying the situation and planning a way to drive out of the loose material. Extending The Reach Of Disaster Relief 
Paris, France (SPX) May 31, 2006Different disasters require different responses and, in turn, multiple technological solutions, which is a costly duplication of resources. REMSAT II, a project supported by ESA�s Telecommunications Department, has, however, successfully extended its forest fire fighting capabilities to the domain of flood relief, saving both resources and lives. ATK To Provide More Components For James Webb Space Telescope 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) May 31, 2006Alliant Techsystems announced Tuesday it has received a $65 million contract to provide more components and subsystems to Northrop Grumman for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. |
SES Global Contracts Sea Launch For AMC-21 Satellite
Luxembourg (SPX) May 31, 2006SES Global announced Tuesday it has contracted with the Sea Launch Company for a mission on its Land Launch system to send the AMC-21 spacecraft into orbit in mid-2008. Russia Prepares To Launch Another Progress Space Truck To ISS 
Moscow (RIAN) May 31, 2006A Progress M-57 space freighter will be launched to the International Space Station on the back of a Soyuz-U rocket on June 24, 2006, the Federal Space Agency said Tuesday. Alex Howerton Joins ETC's NASTAR Center As BDM For Space Training 
Southampton Pa (SPX) May 31, 2006Environmental Tectonics has announced that Alex Howerton has joined ETC's National AeroSpace Training and Research Center (NASTAR Center) as Business Development Manager for Space Training. |
Old Hardware, New Applications
Chicago (UPI) May 31, 2006The market for virtual servers -- software that lets computer users employ more than one operating system, whether it is Windows or Linux, on a single server -- is surging. Experts tell UPI's Networking that more than 45 percent of servers in corporate networks purchased in the coming year will be "virtualized," as IT departments seek to squeeze more applications and connectivity out of the same amount of hardware. SES ASTRA Takes Over ND SatCom Shares 
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) May 29, 2006SES ASTRA announced Monday that it has raised its stake in satellite-communications supplier ND SatCom from 25.1 percent to 100 percent by acquiring the 74.9 percent share from the German-based high-tech group AUGUSTA Technologie AG. DNA Diet Makes For Some Vibrant Bugs 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 31, 2006The ubiquitous bacteria E. coli rank among nature's most successful species for lots of reasons, to which biologists at the University of Southern California have added another: in a pinch, E. coli can feast on the DNA of their dead competitors. |
US Navy Announces Terminal Descent Intercept
Washington (UPI) May 31, 2006U.S. sea-based ballistic missile defence capabilities demonstrated a new engagement aspect on May 24 when a Standard Missile 2 Block IV successfully intercepted a ballistic missile target in its terminal descent or endo-atmospheric phase, Jane's Navy International reported May 26. India Cancels Agni III Test 
Washington (UPI) May 31, 2006The Indian government has decided to cancel the first test-firing of its Agni III inter-continental ballistic missile. US confident incentive package for Iran to be approved 
Washington (AFP) May 30, 2006 The United States said it was optimistic that ministers of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany meeting in Vienna this week would endorse a plan to end the crisis over Iran's nuclear program. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Indonesia quake death toll nearly 5,700: official
Jakarta (AFP) May 30, 2006 The death toll from the earthquake that rocked Indonesia's main island of Java at the weekend has risen to at least 5,698, the social affairs ministry said late Tuesday. Geologists: Indonesia quake may awaken Merapi 
Jakarta (AFP) May 30, 2006 Geologists warned Tuesday that simmering Mount Merapi volcano could blow its top in the wake of the powerful quake that devastated swathes of Indonesia's main island of Java. China growth unsustainable on all counts, must change: economist 
Beijing (AFP) May 30, 2006 China's growth model, based on the West's economic model with its massive appetite for resources and increasing environmental degradation is unsustainable and will have to change, a leading environmentalist said Tuesday. Sea-Surface Warming Linked to Worse Tropical Storms Activity 
Washington DC (SPX) May 31, 2006Climate researchers said Tuesday they may have found a connection between rising sea-surface temperatures over the past 40 years and more intense tropical storm activity across the globe. |
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